Recursos & Enlaces

• Bring Change to Mind - Is non-profit organization working together to end the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness through widely distributed public education materials and programs based on the latest scientific insights and measured for effectiveness.
• Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training - Darkness to Light understands that learning the facts about childhood sexual abuse helps prevent it. Talking about it helps prevent it. Getting involved helps prevent it.
• Healthy Minds Program App - A FREE Healthy Minds phone App based on neuroscience to supplement your current programming with well-being tools! Free short meditations to develop the four skills of well-being. 
• Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Infographic - IPS is an international, evidence-based behavioral health model that aids individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) to choose, acquire, and maintain competitive paid employment in the community.
• Mental Health Gov - MentalHealth.gov provides one-stop access to U.S. government mental health and mental health problems information. MentalHealth.gov aims to educate and guide; the general public, health, and emergency preparedness professionals, Policymakers, Government and business leaders, School systems, Local communities.
  • Salud Mental Gov - Proporciona acceso a información del gobierno de EE.UU. sobre salud mental y problemas de salud mental. El objetivo de MentalHealth.gov es educar y brindar orientación al público en general, profesionales de la salud y con preparación para emergencias, encargados de formular políticas, líderes empresariales y del gobierno, sistemas escolares, comunidades locales.
• Mental Health Screening Tools - Mental Health America is dedicated to promoting mental health, preventing mental and substance use conditions and achieving victory over mental illnesses and addictions through advocacy, education, research, and service.
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s (NCSTN) - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network was established to improve access to care, treatment, and services for traumatized children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events.
• National Dialogue on Behavioral Health -  National Dialogues on Behavioral Healthcare (NDBH), proceeds from this premise. NDBH also holds another distinction.
• New Hanover County Community Resource Portal - The Community Resource Portal is a tool to help providers and residents find and access available resources based on their specific needs.
• No MORE  -  is a movement to raise public awareness and engage bystanders around ending domestic violence and sexual assault.
• North Carolina - Suicide Prevention Plan - To empower North Carolinians with knowledge and examples of actions they can take to prevent suicide.
• Psych Central: Mental Health & Psychology Resources Online - The site includes a comprehensive listing of information about conditions and medications, as well as blogs, news, and research.
• CDC Suicide Prevention - The goal of suicide prevention is to reduce factors that increase risk and increase factors that promote resilience.

• ADHD Resources English & Spanish - Download the useful resources below, vetted by national experts, and spread them widely in your place of work, community, and schools!
• Find a Medicaid Doctor or Dentist - There are several ways to find a Medicaid doctor, dentist, or other medical providers. Before you make an appointment, be sure to ask if the provider still takes Medicaid patients.
• NC ABLE - New NC ABLE helps individuals save while preserving their SSI and Medicaid.
• Think College -  is a national organization dedicated to developing, expanding, and improving inclusive higher education options for people with intellectual disability. 

• Alcoholics Anonymous® (AA) -  Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. 
• Division of Mental Health Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services (MH/DD/SAS) is responsible for implementing public mental health, developmental disability, and substance abuse services. You'll  find information on a variety of sub-topics such as Child and Family Mental Health, Crisis Services, Traumatic Brain Injury, etc.
  • Mental Health and Substance Abuse -  read about various topics, such as Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation; Involuntary Commitment, Personal Care Services, Peer Support Services, etc.
• Get Smart About Drugs – From the U.S. Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration this website has resources for parents, educators, and caregivers to learn about drug use trends and statistics, how to identify drug paraphernalia, and how to talk to the youth they suspect may be using drugs
• Nar-Anon Family Support Group - Nar-Anon Family Group members are relatives and friends who are concerned about the addiction or drug problem of another.
• National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) - Resources
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (Brochures and Fact Sheets) - This section contains easy-to-read material for the public covering a wide range of alcohol-related topics. Spanish language versions of these publications are also provided at Publicaciones en Español.
• Talk It Out | Start The Conversation - We can’t turn a blind eye to the costs of underage drinking in North Carolina. Not just the dollars and cents, but the lives lost to drunk driving, the crimes committed under the influence, the hundreds of teen pregnancies that result – the physical, the social and emotional damage that can weigh down tweens and teens for the rest of their lives. 

• Creating a Family - Legal Options for Kinship Caregivers NC -  Creating a Family is the national adoption & foster care education and support nonprofit. 
• Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina - The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is a nonprofit organization that has provided food for people at risk of hunger in 34 counties in central and eastern North Carolina for more than 35 years.
• Parents Guide - When your child is struggling, one of the first challenges for you as a parent is getting the information you need to make good decisions. 
  • Guía para Padres - Todos nos preocupamos por nuestros hijos. Cuando sus emociones o comportamiento están causando problemas para ellos, obtener información valiosa y clara es el primer paso para poder recibir ayuda.
  • Parents’ Guide to Special Education in North Carolina - The Duke Children’s Law Clinic has produced a comprehensive Guide for parents of children with special education needs.
• TEDI Bear - TEDI BEAR Children's Advocacy Center serves children up to eighteen years old who are alleged victims of abuse and/or neglect. The center provides a child-friendly environment to help heal the trauma that typically accompanies abuse or neglect.

• C-SSRS - The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) supports suicide risk assessment through a series of simple, plain-language questions that anyone can ask.
• DOA Veterans Affairs  - Statewide Guide for Veterans.
• Give An Hour - Give an Hour’s mission is to develop national networks of volunteers capable of responding to both acute and chronic conditions that arise within our society. By harnessing the skill and expertise of volunteer professionals, we are able to increase the likelihood that those in need receive the support and care they deserve. 
• VAntage Point Blogs – News, and online resources published by the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Make the Connection - Connecting Veterans and their friends and family members with information, resources, and solutions to issues affecting their lives.
• VA Mental Health - Authoritative mental health information and resources for Veterans and their families.

• Beginnings - for Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing is a non-profit that helps parents and families understand hearing loss and the diverse needs of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. 
• The Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (DSDHH) provides not only direct services to individuals with hearing loss and the agencies and businesses that serve them but also the resources and linkages to programs and services all across North Carolina.
  • Your Rights - Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind individuals have certain basic rights. All public and private agencies must provide reasonable accommodations for these individuals when requested, as stated in the Americans with Disabilities Act.

• Electronic Code of Federal Regulations - Chapter IV - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services.
• North Carolina General Statutes - Chapter 108A: Social Services

• Disability Rights North Carolina -  is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Raleigh. Its team of attorneys, advocates, paralegals and support staff provides advocacy and legal services at no charge for people with disabilities across North Carolina. As the state’s federally mandated protection and advocacy system, Disability Rights North Carolina is charged with protecting the rights of children and adults with disabilities living in North Carolina.

• National Core Indicators™  - NCI™ is a voluntary effort by public developmental disabilities agencies to measure and track their own performance.

• Beaufort Area Transit System (BATS)
• Bertie, Hertford and Northampton Transit System (CPTA)
• Brunswick Transit System (BTS)
• Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, and Perquimans Transit System (ICPTA)
• Carteret Transportation System (CCATS)
• Craven, Jones, and Pamlico Counties Transit System (CARTS)
• Dare Transit System (DCTS)
• Gates Transit System (GITS)
• Martin-Tyrrell-Washington Transit System (MCT)
• New Hanover Transportation
• Onslow Transit System
• Pender Transit System
• Pitt Area Transit System (PATS)

Trillium staff live and work within Trillium regions. Staff maintain relationships with local agencies to share information, and learn about ways to meet unmet health-related resource needs for our members. 

Trillium staff work with local community partners to link members with unmet health-related resources and supports that are available in our communities.

There are multiple ways for Trillium members to gain access to community resource assistance to address unmet health related resource needs. This can be done by:

• Contacting the member’s Care Manager;
• Contacting the member’s Provider; 
• Calling the Member and Services Recipient Line at 877-685-2415;
• Visiting NCCARE360 or by
• Calling NC 2-1-1

Trillium members may also qualify for the following federal, state and county programs: 

• WIC (Special Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants and Children)
• Work First
• Food Stamps
• Disability Benefits
• TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
• Medicaid English
• Medicaid Español
• Unemployment Benefits
• Other Financial Assistance Programs